Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-23

postponed and that the Pacific railroad
Joint resolution be taken up.
The motion was deieatcd--yeas y,
nays 33--as follows:
Yeas. -Mcsrs. Beck, Blackburn,
Brown, Cockrell, Coke, Enstis. Fair,
German, Gray, Hampton, Harris, Ken
no, Mcpherson, Maxey, Morgan. Pugh,
Ransom, Salisbury, Van Wyck, Vest
Voorhees,, and Whitthorne--22.
Nogs.-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison,
Berry, Blair, Bowen, Call, Cameron.
Cheney, Conger. Cullom, Dolph, Ed
munds, Eyarts, Farwell Frye, George,
Harrison, Hoar, Jones OF Arkansas,
Jones OF Nevada, Mcmillan, Mander-
son, Miller, Morrill,, Plat, Riddle
berger, Sabin, Sherman, Spooner, Tel
Ter, Walthall, Williams, and Wilson OF
IowA--33.
After a speech by Mr.. Miller upon
the bill to create a department OF agri-
culture and labor the bill went over rs
unfinished business.
House amendments 10 the sundry
civil bill were presented and were disa-
greed TO in bulk and a conference asked.
Messrs. Allison, Hale, and Beck were
appointed confcrees.
On motion Of Mr.. Call, Senate bill to
provide for ascertaining the Judicial
rights of the United States to certain
ailroad lands in Florida was taken
from the calendar and passed.
On motion of Mr.. Malone, Senate
bill changing the boundaries of the
Fourth collection district of Virginia
was taken from the calendar and passed
Secret session. Adjourned.
House of Representatives.
The House met this morning at IL
o'clock.
Mr. Bland, of Missouri, rs a privi-
legged question, called up the vetoed bill
increasing the pension of John w. Far
ris. He bore testimony, from personal
knowledge of the claimant, to the merit
of the claim, and asked that the House
pass the bill over the veto. The House
refused to pass the bill over the veto
yeas 1872, nays 93-not constitutional
two-thirds vote in the affirmative.
The House then resumed lin Commit
tee Of the whole the consideration of
Senate amendment to the sundry
civil appropriation bill.
The recommendations Of the Com
mittee on Appropriations were con-
Cured in, and the committee having
risen a conference was ordered on the
disagreeing votes of the two houses.
MIR. Bragg, of Wisconsin, from the
Committee ON Military Affairs, reported
the bill which is intended as substi-
tute for the McAdoo bill, "to provide
for the manufacture of frst-class mo-
dern guns for the navy and sea-coast
and other defences." Referred to the
Committee of the Whole.
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole for the consideration OF
appropriation bills, and contest i'm
mediately arose as to the order OF bust
ness. Mr.. Blount, of Georgia, contend
ing that the Senate amendment to the
post-oflice bill had the right of prece-
dence, and this position being combat
ted by Messrs. Holman, of Indiana,
and Herbert, of Alabama, having
charge respectively of the Legislative
and naval appropriation bills.
The chairman finally decided that
unless the House otherwise ordered the
bills must be considered in the order in
which they stood upon the calendar,
the post-ofice appropriation DILL being
last.
Mr.. BlOunt thereupon carried the
fight into the House and proved sue
cessful, that body directing the COM
mittee to proceed to the consideration
of the Senate amendments to the post
office bill.
The only amendment upon which
non-currence is recommended is that
appropriating $500, 900 for the trans
portation of foreign mails by American
steamships to Southern and Central
America and the empire of Brazil.
Pending debate the committee rose
and the House proceeded to the consid-
Grafton of the resolutions expressive of
regret at the death of Senator Pike, of
New Hampshire.
Eulogies were delivered by Messrs.
HAYNES and GalEnger of New Hamp-
shire, Long of Massachusetts,, Holman
of Indiana, Brown of Pennsylvania,
Rockwell OF Massachusetts, Dingley OF
Maine, and Cutcheon of Michigan, and
then as mark of respect to the memory
of the deceased the House Cat 4:35 L.
NJ adjourned.